CALIFORNIA PLACERS 106 – Maxximus Martinez (St. John Bosco, S): 3rd Place 113 – Jacob Rivera (Selma, CS): CHAMPION 120 – Maximo Renteria (Buchanan, CS): 2nd Place 152 – Chase Saldate (Gilroy, CC): CHAMPION 160 – Cael Valencia (St. John Bosco, S): CHAMPIOIN 160 – Joseph Martin (Buchanan, CS): 7th Place
Finals Matchups 106: #1 Cory Land, AL vs Mason Gibson, PA 113: #4 Nico Provo, CT vs #12 Jacob Rivera, CA 120: #3 Maximo Renteria, CA vs #4 Jordan Williams, OK 126: #5 Nic Bouzakis, PA vs Nico Nardone, NJ 132: #18 Joel Vandervere, IL vs #7 Kenny Herrmann, PA 138: #4 Lachlan McNeil, PA […]
88 kg – James Medeiros, Van Nuys, Calif., silver medal WIN Sebastian Ecklebe (Germany), 4-0 WIN Mukhamed Shebzukhov (Russia), 5-3 LOSS Gabor Hatos (Hungary), 1:38
Quarterfinal Match-ups 106 Mason Gibson (Pennsylvania) vs Mac Church (Pennsylvania) Maxximus Martinez (SJ Bosco, S) vs Dylan Gilcher (Michigan) Charlie Farmer (Illinois) vs Evan Mougalian (New Jersey) Carter McCallister (Missouri) vs Cory Land (Alabama) 113 Jeremiah Reno (Missouri) vs Jett Strickenberger (Colorado) Jacob Moon (Ohio) vs Jacob Rivera (Selma, CS) Diego Sotelo (Illinois) vs Nico […]
130 kg – Daniel Chaid, San Jose, Calif., gold medal WIN Mamuka Klajeishvili (Georgia), tech. fall 11-0, 1:06 WIN Riza Yildirim (Turkey) WIN Abdualla Zabakov (Kazakhstan), 6-3 WIN Attila Szabo (Romania), 8-0
88 kg – James Medeiros, Van Nuys, Calif., bronze medal WIN Bakhtzhan Nuradinov (Kazakhstan), tech fall 10-0, 2:20 LOSS Temirlan Abishev (Kazakhstan), 7-3 WIN Juan Nel (South Africa), 5-0 WIN Nikolai Trishin (Russia), 2-1
The sport of wrestling has been an integral part of my life for close to forty years now. This includes being a competitor, coach, historian, promoter, and writer. First taking to the mat in the late 1970s, I learned first hand on day one that wrestling was not for everyone. Unlike many other sports I […]
Joey Davis was the picture of perfection as a college wrestler, going 133-0 and becoming a four-time NCAA Division II wrestling champ at Notre Dame College of Ohio. Now the former collegiate mat champ continues to successfully pursue perfection in his professional MMA career, notching his sixth victory Friday night at Bellator 229 at Pechanga […]
PARTICIPATING TEAMS El Capitan (SD) Clovis North (CS) Central-Fresno (CS) Los Gatos (CCS) Clovis (CS) North Bakersfield (CS) Yucaipa (S) Rancho Bernardo (SD) Gilroy (CCS) Chico (N) Poway (SD) Bella Vista (SJ) Esperanza (S) Northview (S) Del Oro (SJ) Ponderosa (SJ) Vista Del Lago (SJ) Corning (N) Casa Roble (SJ) Bakersfield (CS) Granada (NC) Clovis […]
41st Clinic Schedule Friday, October 25, 2019 2:00pm – 6:30pm Registration & Coaches packet & t-shirt 6:30pm – Introductions 6:45pm – 7:45pm Session 1 8:00pm – 9:00pm Session 2 Saturday, October 26, 2019 8:30am – 9:30am Session 3 9:45am – 10:45am Session 4 11:00am – 12:00pm Session 5 12:15pm – 1:15pm Lunch at the Embassy […]
AWN’s HAMMER AWARD – The award is presented to the wrestler who wins the national title at what the writers at AWN decide is the most competitive weight class every season. Valencia defeated NCAA Champion Mark Hall (Penn State) in the finals. Past recipients of The Hammer include Logan Stieber (Ohio State), Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma […]